sumpsimus

Meanings

Plural: sumpsimuses

Noun

• a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
  • "he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus"
• Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
• A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.

Antonyms

mumpsimus

Related Words

prescriptivist